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these 29-year-old alexis wright. she pleaded not guilty to allegedly accepting money for sex and videotaping her encounters. police say the names will be released in reports beginning today. a lawyer for two alleged clients has already filed a motion to block the release of the names. the names. could get nasty. >> yes, a lot of people probably nervous about that. the nats are winning and that could many a free lunch for you this weekend. details of that coming up next. >> we're checking weather and traffic. stay with us. when i was younger and... financially stable. we were poor. the mgm casino in michigan. and it changed her life. clerk. way up. insurance... and i make great money. seven will create... twelve thousand jobs. to accountants... and construction workers. place to work with good pay... question seven. [ female announcer ] it's one of the hardest decisions a family can make... realizing a nursing home is the only choice. for many middle class families, medicaid is the only way to afford the care. but as
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i'll have details in a minute. >> let's check in with julie wright for traffic. traffic. >> on the roads, very much a busy commute shaping up here in virginia. that is where we find the crew in sky fox. they are above the scene along rolling road. rolling road was blocked off between pohick road and 286 due to a utility pole and wires down across the highway. the live picture show you where the road is blocked off at this point at north cumberland. that will be closed off until if you are this notice. no one automobile to get by at this time. another accident to report, this time around in virginia along bristow road just north of 234. between 234 and lucasville road, we have accident activity blocking the road. be careful. follow police direction in order to squeeze by. if you are continuing your trip along southbound 270, lanes are open, no accidents to report. traffic slowing again now in germantown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >>> now to today's top stories, a warning for women in fairfax county. police are looking for a suspe
i'll have details in a minute. >> let's check in with julie wright for traffic. traffic. >> on the roads, very much a busy commute shaping up here in virginia. that is where we find the crew in sky fox. they are above the scene along rolling road. rolling road was blocked off between pohick road and 286 due to a utility pole and wires down across the highway. the live picture show you where the road is blocked off at this point at north cumberland. that will be closed off until if...
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julie wright is standing by, she's got a look at this traffic on a friday morning. hey, julie. >> not quite sure what's happening on the roads on a friday. it's been busy for our friends traveling northbound on i-95. like the third accident we've had this morning. northbound i-95 at the prince william parkway. three cars involving. squeezing the left lane for those northbound out of dale city. heavy and slow northbound on i- 95 through woodbridge. congested towards duke street on 395. delays continuing north of landmark heading north to seminary road. traffic slows again over the inbound 14th street bridge. top stretch of the beltway, no problems from college park. this is just volume. northbound bw parkway between powder mill and 197, whatever was there has cleared. southeast washington, 8 car pileup tying up the commute. some traffic getting by under police direction. 295 a better drive. south capital street looks good over the douglas bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> thank you, julie. as we told you at the top of the hour, the thrill in t
julie wright is standing by, she's got a look at this traffic on a friday morning. hey, julie. >> not quite sure what's happening on the roads on a friday. it's been busy for our friends traveling northbound on i-95. like the third accident we've had this morning. northbound i-95 at the prince william parkway. three cars involving. squeezing the left lane for those northbound out of dale city. heavy and slow northbound on i- 95 through woodbridge. congested towards duke street on 395....
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let's get the latest from julie wright. she is letting us know who is going where. >> is that what i'm doing? >> yeah, consider by car. get to it. >> i'm trying to figure it out. eastbound 66, eastbound approaching 28 in centreville, accident activity tying up the center lane from the left. that is why it is so low coming in from manassas headed eastbound on 66. if you are traveling inbound along the suitland parkway at branch avenue, stalled car reported here. 295 in great shape coming inbound across the 11th street bridge. northbound i-95, backup through staff ford as you continue northbound from 630 courthouse road through quantico. delays continue leaving woodbridge across to the franconia springfield parkway. outer loop be as you approach 355, still dealing with that. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> a big story that we're following this morning. the supreme court is debating a case that could have major implications for every college and university in america. it is about the
let's get the latest from julie wright. she is letting us know who is going where. >> is that what i'm doing? >> yeah, consider by car. get to it. >> i'm trying to figure it out. eastbound 66, eastbound approaching 28 in centreville, accident activity tying up the center lane from the left. that is why it is so low coming in from manassas headed eastbound on 66. if you are traveling inbound along the suitland parkway at branch avenue, stalled car reported here. 295 in great...
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. >>> let's check in with julie wright. >> hey, julie. >> hi, wisdom. he's all excited. >> it's friday. everybody is excited. >> we finally made it. it has been a busy week out here on the roads. we are starting out the day nice and quiet. no problems to report right now south of 270. the lanes are open continuing out towards clarksburg. beltway is running smoothly between college park and bethesda. here we are live along 66 headed east of manassas headed in towards 28 centreville. overnight construction in the process of being cleared from the beltway at 236. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. . >>> we are following breaking news right now from israel where police say an american tourist has opened fire at a hotel killing at least one person. this is happening in a resort city. they say the tourist fired a number of shots and the suspect is still inside the hotel near the red sea. we'll bring you updates as we get them. get them. . >>> a health alert this morning. thirty-five cases of meningitis have now been reported across t
. >>> let's check in with julie wright. >> hey, julie. >> hi, wisdom. he's all excited. >> it's friday. everybody is excited. >> we finally made it. it has been a busy week out here on the roads. we are starting out the day nice and quiet. no problems to report right now south of 270. the lanes are open continuing out towards clarksburg. beltway is running smoothly between college park and bethesda. here we are live along 66 headed east of manassas headed in...
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. >>> time now to see what is happening with julie wright. good morning. >> all right. good morning once again. on the roads, we are talking about light traffic volume around the area at least right now. no one complaining about this drive across the american legion bridge to and from tysons corner and 270. traffic behaving nicely, no problems to report out here on the beltway. overnight construct has cleared. southbound 270 an easy go coming there from hyattstown. you will find yourself at speed continuing new clarksburg and germantown. wrapping it up northbound along 395. still an easy ride coming northbound leaving landmark headed out towards seminary road. lanes are open downtown crossing over the anacostia bridges. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >>> making headlines this morning, a happy ending for two virginia hikers missing in montana six friday. both have been found safe. neal peckens and jason hiser are both veterinarians. they are stranded in glacier national park after falling down a ravine. rescuers battled as much as five feet
. >>> time now to see what is happening with julie wright. good morning. >> all right. good morning once again. on the roads, we are talking about light traffic volume around the area at least right now. no one complaining about this drive across the american legion bridge to and from tysons corner and 270. traffic behaving nicely, no problems to report out here on the beltway. overnight construct has cleared. southbound 270 an easy go coming there from hyattstown. you will find...
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postman &&. >> julie wright, good morning to you. good to see you again i don't i thought we were going to do signed, sealed delivered. >> we could have done that. >> i like it. on the roads northbound i-95, this is where things have been complicated this morning. we've had a couple of incidents there on the ramp from quantico. the accident activity pulled over to the shoulder northbound i-59 here in newington just north of the tamps. you will find heavy volume over all coming out of dale city continuing across the occoquan. traffic remains slow from 123 headed into newington and now on 359 leaving the beltway trying to head north past duke street. we'll update the ride elsewhere. we do have trouble spots to report northbound on 5 this morning. accident activity her at birch hill. you will found we have he got accident activity inbound on the sousa bridge. it was tying up most of the roadway. so coming inbound from pennsylvania avenue headed towards the sousa, all lanes are currently blocked. that is what we're finding right here. th
postman &&. >> julie wright, good morning to you. good to see you again i don't i thought we were going to do signed, sealed delivered. >> we could have done that. >> i like it. on the roads northbound i-95, this is where things have been complicated this morning. we've had a couple of incidents there on the ramp from quantico. the accident activity pulled over to the shoulder northbound i-59 here in newington just north of the tamps. you will find heavy volume over...
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. >> time now to talk to julie wright. she has our on-time traffic. hello. >> hey, wisdom. all right, you guys. traveling along eastbound 66, this is where we find the crew in sky fox, not too windy for the boys today. good morning, jeremy. traveling eastbound along 66 headed eastbound from manassas headed in towards centreville. you will find a stretch of slow traffic leaving fair oaks headed eastbound towards 123. liz, do we have the shot from sky fox. we have heavy volume right now headed eastbound, no accidents to report, just volume. be prepared for slowdowns there and again on northbound i-95. this is where we have accident activity approaching the prince william parkway. it is off to the left shoulder. at least two vehicles involved. you can see the participants involved in that crash. be very careful headed northbound out city. overall, 95 stacked up out of stafford. traffic on 395 below speed at duke street. inbound suitland parkway before naylor road. we know of at least one lane currently blocked at this time. traveling southbound along 270, your lanes are open.
. >> time now to talk to julie wright. she has our on-time traffic. hello. >> hey, wisdom. all right, you guys. traveling along eastbound 66, this is where we find the crew in sky fox, not too windy for the boys today. good morning, jeremy. traveling eastbound along 66 headed eastbound from manassas headed in towards centreville. you will find a stretch of slow traffic leaving fair oaks headed eastbound towards 123. liz, do we have the shot from sky fox. we have heavy volume right...
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julie wright has your traffic coming up after the break. q get irresistibly clean and fresh carpets in your home with resolve deep clean powder. the moist powder removes three times more dirt than vacuuming alone while neutralizing odors for a clean you can see, smell and really enjoy. don't just vacuum clean. resolve clean. we were told to build a 3030-foot stage. gathered the guys and we built that 30-foot stage, not knowing what it was for. just days later, all three shifts were told to...
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let's do some traffic and get the latest from julie wright. >> brrr! oh, my gosh. i go from having the ac on one day to having the heat on the next. >> our lanes are open on our major arteries. talking about glebe road, there was an earlier incident where a utility pole was knocked over. there were wires knocked down as well. southbound, they are hoping to get the roadway reopened at joyce and hay street by 6:00 a.m. travel northbound, it probably won't be open until lunchtime today. southbound, fingers crossed, they get the lanes open by 6:00 a.a .m. here is southbound 270 coming in out of germantown. so far, so good. we were checking for accident activity reported near 124. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> a commuter alert for metro riders. more weekend track work. red line trains will be single tracking between judiciary square and fort totten. orange line trains will single track between stadium armory and cheverly. that could add 20 minutes to your commute and the work will continue through the columbus day holiday o
let's do some traffic and get the latest from julie wright. >> brrr! oh, my gosh. i go from having the ac on one day to having the heat on the next. >> our lanes are open on our major arteries. talking about glebe road, there was an earlier incident where a utility pole was knocked over. there were wires knocked down as well. southbound, they are hoping to get the roadway reopened at joyce and hay street by 6:00 a.m. travel northbound, it probably won't be open until lunchtime...
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. >>> time now to say good morning to julie wright. how are you? happy friday. >> did i hear right we have to be on our best behavior. >> we have people from another state in addition to the people in the dmv watching. >> so none of this. >> no, none of that. >> okay. >> i know. we have to be good. >> it is not all serious up here in d.c. we do have fun. we're waking up to wet pavement and some of us didn't get much sleep because our dogs don't like the thunderstorms that came through the area last night. inner loop of the beltway approaching 355, we had accident activity involving not one but two tractor-trailers. be careful as you come northbound off the beltway inner loop leaving the american legion bridge head around towards 270 and continuing over towards 355. the wipers are getting a workout this morning, a little light sprinkle. there was the road spray to contend with. if you are traveling north on i- 95, no problems to report in the express or main lines. so far, so good headed up to the capital beltway. l beltway. >>> our top story, princ
. >>> time now to say good morning to julie wright. how are you? happy friday. >> did i hear right we have to be on our best behavior. >> we have people from another state in addition to the people in the dmv watching. >> so none of this. >> no, none of that. >> okay. >> i know. we have to be good. >> it is not all serious up here in d.c. we do have fun. we're waking up to wet pavement and some of us didn't get much sleep because our dogs don't...
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. >> time to check in with julie wright to see how our morning commute is going. >> first of all, who turned on the heat? >> tucker barnes did it. >> it is like one day you could hang meat in here and the next day you could cook a chicken. you never really know what is happening. a little bit road spray coming south on 270. my wipers were doing a little workout between gaithersburg and rockville and then not a drop at all. no problems to report continuing out of the dale city up toward the capital play. 395 looks good leaving the 14th street bridge. the trip inbound along 270, headed out to about falls road, wipes are were working. once that came south of road headed out towards the beltway, not a raindrop in sight. right now, the beltway is open between college park and bethesda with no incidents to report. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> making headlines this morning, the search continues for two men from our area missing in a national park in montana. rescuers are searching for 32- year-old neil peckins of virginia and another man. the sea
. >> time to check in with julie wright to see how our morning commute is going. >> first of all, who turned on the heat? >> tucker barnes did it. >> it is like one day you could hang meat in here and the next day you could cook a chicken. you never really know what is happening. a little bit road spray coming south on 270. my wipers were doing a little workout between gaithersburg and rockville and then not a drop at all. no problems to report continuing out of the dale...
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let's do traffic and get latest from julie wright. >> julie, pumpkin patch, wright. >> the great pumpkin, charlie brown. >> yeah. >> southbound along 270, we are starting off kind of quiet. volume increasing. no accidents to report, just some volume delays to accompany your trip towards clarksburg. the lanes are open between college park and bethesda. no incidents have been reported on the beltway between annandale and merrifield. 395 for the a bad commute coming from duke street out towards king street. no incidents crossing over the inbound 14th street bridge. all lanes are open across the anacostia. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> more than a dozen playground throughout des will soon be getting a makeover. -- throughout d.c. will soon be getting a makeover. stills say some of the fund are coming from save the qualifyings from the city's unspent fund. >>> d.c. leaders will unveil the design of the kenilworth aquatic gardens portion of a trial. eleanor holmes norton says the river walk trail is mostly paid for with federal transportation funding. >>> if you have a spri
let's do traffic and get latest from julie wright. >> julie, pumpkin patch, wright. >> the great pumpkin, charlie brown. >> yeah. >> southbound along 270, we are starting off kind of quiet. volume increasing. no accidents to report, just some volume delays to accompany your trip towards clarksburg. the lanes are open between college park and bethesda. no incidents have been reported on the beltway between annandale and merrifield. 395 for the a bad commute coming from...
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. >> time to say hell toe julie wright, see what is happening during the morning commute. it is a beautiful day. >> wisdom! >> it is. the nats are the champs. >> she is any adepression over the cowboys. >> oh, it's just one week. >> thank you, wisdom. we still have 11 weeks to go. >> something like that. but the nats are the champs today. let's focus on that. >> that is the good thing. we are very happy for the bats. i know baseball fans in this town are just upside down with joy and they should be. we have accident activity involving an overturned vehicle. the ramp from westbound 100 to 295 is shut down. eastbound, the lane remain open. on the other side of town, you will find lanes are open 395 coming across the 14th street bridge making your way from the potomac to the southeast- southwest freeway. beltway looks good traveling between annandale and merrifield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >>> new this morning, rescuers in hong kong continue to look for survivors following yesterday's devastating boat crash. officials say 36 people were ki
. >> time to say hell toe julie wright, see what is happening during the morning commute. it is a beautiful day. >> wisdom! >> it is. the nats are the champs. >> she is any adepression over the cowboys. >> oh, it's just one week. >> thank you, wisdom. we still have 11 weeks to go. >> something like that. but the nats are the champs today. let's focus on that. >> that is the good thing. we are very happy for the bats. i know baseball fans in this...
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. >>> time now to say hello it to julie wright with our first look at the morning commute. >> i heard it snowed like 6 inches in south dakota or somewhere. >> thank goodness we don't live there. tucker said montana. >> i'm glad i don't live in montana. god bless the people who do but glad it's not me. the lanes are open traveling around the capital beltway. this happens to be 395 coming across the inbound 14th street bridge. we find construction northbound on i-95 as you continue to work your way up towards 123 in fredericksburg. the construction is tying up the right side of the road. if you are coming northbound from ladysmith and continuing up into spotsylvania, you will stay with 126 as an alternative route and come back southbound. 395 here at duke street, no problems to report. overnight construction cleared. eastbound 66 coming in from the capital beltway and fair oaks, no trouble spots to report on the eastbound side of the highway. nice, easy start this morning coming in out of germantown headed out to the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >>
. >>> time now to say hello it to julie wright with our first look at the morning commute. >> i heard it snowed like 6 inches in south dakota or somewhere. >> thank goodness we don't live there. tucker said montana. >> i'm glad i don't live in montana. god bless the people who do but glad it's not me. the lanes are open traveling around the capital beltway. this happens to be 395 coming across the inbound 14th street bridge. we find construction northbound on i-95 as...
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let's do some traffic and get the latest with julie wright. good morning. >> good morning. i was just laughing at your car and the fact that you don't have seat warmers. not that you need them this morning but just the concept. on the roads, you will find lanes are open around the capital beltway as you make your way between annandale and merrifield so no problems to report there. lanes are open continuing past duke street and out to the 14th street bridge. we do have accident activity to report in virginia. this is at bookwoods road here. 66 to the west, they are checking for accident activity near sycamore street. keep your eyes peeled for that. lanes are open southbound 270 coming in out of germantown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> d.c.'s traffic cameras are raking in millions and maybe even some of your money. now, we are getting an idea of just how much. here is fox 5's beth parker. >> reporter: $85 million. that is how much money d.c. general rated from speed and red light cameras in the last fiscal year, a good pit of it right here on 295. the num
let's do some traffic and get the latest with julie wright. good morning. >> good morning. i was just laughing at your car and the fact that you don't have seat warmers. not that you need them this morning but just the concept. on the roads, you will find lanes are open around the capital beltway as you make your way between annandale and merrifield so no problems to report there. lanes are open continuing past duke street and out to the 14th street bridge. we do have accident activity to...
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julie wright. i'm kidding. julie wright. >>reporter: is our floor director standing over with a mirror so you can look at yourself the whole time while you're doing the weather. >> i'm teasing you, julie. have a good day. >>reporter: you too, tucker. on the roads right now you'll find lanes open, but heavy and slow around the capitol beltway as expected at this hour. activity northbound on leonardtown road. much like yesterday, kind of a dij@ vu, 228 at bunker hill road yet another crash to report. southbound 270 still a slow haul as you folks travel in from buckies town, a six-minute ride with all lanes open. you'll find southbound 29 tied up at randolph road headed out to university boulevard. 66 into the bright sunshine, delays continue out of manassas through centreville. lanes are open inside of the beltway. gw parkway slowing before the memorial bridge. southbound delays 123 back out to the key bridge. 395 heavy and slow from the beltway, trying to get to the pentagon, up and over the 14th street bridge. that's a check
julie wright. i'm kidding. julie wright. >>reporter: is our floor director standing over with a mirror so you can look at yourself the whole time while you're doing the weather. >> i'm teasing you, julie. have a good day. >>reporter: you too, tucker. on the roads right now you'll find lanes open, but heavy and slow around the capitol beltway as expected at this hour. activity northbound on leonardtown road. much like yesterday, kind of a dij@ vu, 228 at bunker hill road yet...
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now, let's get the latest on traffic from julie wright. good morning. >> good morning. just a follow-up. we spoke with police. you are absolutely right. there is still and ongoing investigation taking place on route 1 south of the beltway at huntington but police tell me the lanes are now open. travel is able to get by in each direction on route one. there will be police activity, some flashing lights to draw your attention. the beltway running smoothly as you travel between the wilson bridge and the springfield interchange. northbound on i-95, no trouble spots to report in the express lanes or the main line continuing out of newington headed up to the capital beltway. 66 still an easy ride as you make your go come in from manassas towards centerville. lanes are open, light traffic volume through vienna. those cones and barrels should be picked up and moved out of the roadway. you will find southbound 270, a nice, easy trip as well. no problems reported early coming in out of hyattstown. that's a check of your fox 5 >>> there is still a few more months until the express
now, let's get the latest on traffic from julie wright. good morning. >> good morning. just a follow-up. we spoke with police. you are absolutely right. there is still and ongoing investigation taking place on route 1 south of the beltway at huntington but police tell me the lanes are now open. travel is able to get by in each direction on route one. there will be police activity, some flashing lights to draw your attention. the beltway running smoothly as you travel between the wilson...
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julie wright can get back to the pumpkin patch. it looks like perfect pumpkin patch weather. >> how many pumpkins do you want me to carve? no problems reported coming eastbound along 66 working your way in from fair oaks headed in towards 123. traffic volume moving at speed. overnight construction in the process of being cleared off the beltway over in tyson's and as you work your way between springfield and annandale. lanes are open each way at the wilson bridge. traffic flowing freely there. an easy trip south of 109 headed out towards clarksburg. lanes are open and a nice easy pace continues on the the outer loop of the beltway headed across the american legion bridge. no trouble spots to report here continuing out towards tyson's. inner loop is rolling at speed from the toll road back to bethesda. >>> something you don't expect to see when you are standing in your backyard and that is to be attacked by a fox. >> not usually but that is what happened to some people in our area. we'll hear from them and a warning from animal cont
julie wright can get back to the pumpkin patch. it looks like perfect pumpkin patch weather. >> how many pumpkins do you want me to carve? no problems reported coming eastbound along 66 working your way in from fair oaks headed in towards 123. traffic volume moving at speed. overnight construction in the process of being cleared off the beltway over in tyson's and as you work your way between springfield and annandale. lanes are open each way at the wilson bridge. traffic flowing freely...
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>> no. >> julie wright. ulie wright. >> christmas music, that means i get a present, right? >> oh, of course. >> look at the smile. >> she is like a little kid right now. >> it depends on if you've been naughty or nice? >> i have been nice. in spite of what wisdom hears at the barbershop, i have been nice. on the roads, the inner loop of the beltway improving as you continue from university boulevard around towards new hampshire avenue. we were late to clear that roadwork along the left side of roadway. only the right lane was able to get through. a better ride for you continuing out of silver spring. southbound 95 and 259 quiet coming in from bwi to the beltway. northbound i-95, still an easy go for you leaving newington from backlick road. route 1 at huntington avenue the scene of a fatal crash which occurred back in the 2:00 hour. police tell me the roadway is open but there is an ongoing investigation so the flashing lights could very well cause some delays as our volume picks up through the morning commute. eastbound 66, no trouble spots to report coming in out of manas
>> no. >> julie wright. ulie wright. >> christmas music, that means i get a present, right? >> oh, of course. >> look at the smile. >> she is like a little kid right now. >> it depends on if you've been naughty or nice? >> i have been nice. in spite of what wisdom hears at the barbershop, i have been nice. on the roads, the inner loop of the beltway improving as you continue from university boulevard around towards new hampshire avenue. we were...
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let's check in with julie wright. take it away. i know you're busy out there. >> we have a lot happening out here on the roads right now especially for those traveling thenar loop of the the beltway which is still shut down here at 355. two separate incidents here involving tractor-trailers. one was jackknifed and leaking fuel. inner loop delays before you reach 207. go northbound on 270, pick up democracy boulevard over to old georgetown road or even montrose road headed to 355 as a workaround. inner loop of the beltway stalled well before the exit for northbound 270 headed up towards this accident scene. again, for folks coming out of virginia, can you use 66 as an option if you are hov compatible. compatible. northbound i-59, you are now tied up out of newington headed up towards the capital beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> still ahead on fox 5 morning news, everybody dance now. >> holly is live this morning with more on a festival that show canadians some of d.c.'s best performers. >> i wis
let's check in with julie wright. take it away. i know you're busy out there. >> we have a lot happening out here on the roads right now especially for those traveling thenar loop of the the beltway which is still shut down here at 355. two separate incidents here involving tractor-trailers. one was jackknifed and leaking fuel. inner loop delays before you reach 207. go northbound on 270, pick up democracy boulevard over to old georgetown road or even montrose road headed to 355 as a...
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. >>> time to see what is happening with julie wright. >> good morning. not a lohappening out here on the roads. so far, so good early this morning. you will find traffic volume moving at speed continuing around the capital beltway from college park headed over towards 270. still an easy drive trying to get past university boulevard. northbound i-95, overnight construction that we had affecting the hov lanes has cleared so they are in the process of reopening them as well. southbound, we had construction approaching thornburgh so be on the lookout for that continuing south of fredericksburg. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >>> a fiery debate in new york last night. and according to snap polls taken right after the debate, president barack obama has a slim lead over governor mitt romney as far as who won. >> she sparred over a host of issues. melanie alnwick has more live in the newsroom this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president obama and mitt romney and to hold nothing back in last night's debate. the ec
. >>> time to see what is happening with julie wright. >> good morning. not a lohappening out here on the roads. so far, so good early this morning. you will find traffic volume moving at speed continuing around the capital beltway from college park headed over towards 270. still an easy drive trying to get past university boulevard. northbound i-95, overnight construction that we had affecting the hov lanes has cleared so they are in the process of reopening them as well....
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let's do some traffic and gettette latest from julie wright. >> good morning. right now on the roads, it is kind of quiet. volumes increasing around town but with no incidents reported, if you are traveling eastbound along 66 coming in from nutley street to the beltway, nice, easy flow continuing inbound towards the capital beltway. the beltway is running smoothly between annandale and merrifield. you will find yourself at speed along northbound i-95 coming in out of stafford. no trouble spots to report on 395 headed out to the 14th street bridge. traffic flowing freely each way at the wilson bridge coming inbound. no trouble spots to report out of clinton along route 5. southbound 270, still an easy go for those continuing southbound headed out towards clarksburg and germantown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >>> a maryland couple claimed their home was ransacked by police and they were wrongly linked to a crime. officers were looking for items bought with a stolen credit card. the couple is now cleaning up from the damage of the
let's do some traffic and gettette latest from julie wright. >> good morning. right now on the roads, it is kind of quiet. volumes increasing around town but with no incidents reported, if you are traveling eastbound along 66 coming in from nutley street to the beltway, nice, easy flow continuing inbound towards the capital beltway. the beltway is running smoothly between annandale and merrifield. you will find yourself at speed along northbound i-95 coming in out of stafford. no trouble...
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. >>> time now to hit the roads with julie wright. >> okay. you guys, out here on the highway, you will find that your lanes are open southbound along 270 with no issues reported coming inbound. here we are live coming south from hyattstown. no issues reported southbound on 95 or 295. this is northbound i-95 in virginia approaching triangle. heavy volume leaving stafford at this point headed north. delays continued as you make your exit for newington headed up toward the franconia springfield parkway. john mar drive closed at backlick road. accident activity south of 236. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraff. . >>> the big story, scandal rocking the re-elect campaign of virginia congressman jim moran. >> his son, patrick moran, stepped down as the campaign's field director after being caught on tape discussing a voter fraud scheme. melanie alwin is down in the newsroom with reaction. >> reporter: good morning. a core group released that undercover video yesterday and within hours, patrick moran resigned. this comes one day after
. >>> time now to hit the roads with julie wright. >> okay. you guys, out here on the highway, you will find that your lanes are open southbound along 270 with no issues reported coming inbound. here we are live coming south from hyattstown. no issues reported southbound on 95 or 295. this is northbound i-95 in virginia approaching triangle. heavy volume leaving stafford at this point headed north. delays continued as you make your exit for newington headed up toward the...
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let's do some traffic and say another great good morning to julie wright. >> all right. on the roads, we got to get there first. i got to tell you, it is clean- up. we are waiting for the water to recede and waiting for things to get moving again. service suspended again on metrorail. you will find that metrobus, metro access, montgomery county bus has been suspended. amtrak northeast corridor service suspended as well. we have a good portion of beach drive blocked off between old avenue and 410. due to storm damage. little falls parkway, massachusetts avenue, out towards river road, clean-up is continuing. north of town, 198 remains blocked off between sweitzer lane and old gunpowder road. we have a portion of route 1 under water here at this time. that is closed off due to flooding. 108 at new hampshire avenue, storm damage reported here. 29 remains should down between lockwood drive and four corners. that is what we're finding as folks gently make their way out the front door and headed out around town this morning. be very careful. watch out for the slick roads and w
let's do some traffic and say another great good morning to julie wright. >> all right. on the roads, we got to get there first. i got to tell you, it is clean- up. we are waiting for the water to recede and waiting for things to get moving again. service suspended again on metrorail. you will find that metrobus, metro access, montgomery county bus has been suspended. amtrak northeast corridor service suspended as well. we have a good portion of beach drive blocked off between old avenue...
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let's get the latest from julie wright who is doing what julie wright does. julie. >> very busy as you can expect, tucker. i mean you are waking up either without power or you are waking up to flooded streets, storm damage, trees down, lights out, that sort of thing. that is the kind of day it is out here on the roads. virginia, haven't forgotten about you. here we go. woodburn, south of gallows road for flooding here. we have reports of a tree down along the northbound side of the gw parkway approaching spout run. heads up there. again, waking up to a number of signal lights that are not working so you need to treat them as four way stops. crash reported possibly involving an overturned vehicle northbound 95 before you reach the exit for quantico. bristow over in manassas, we have reports of wires down this and route 1, approaching 286, that remains blocked off because of flooding. of floodin if you see standing water, turn around, do not drown. do not make an attempt to travel through that. if you travel east, we have the flooding. windy conditions over at
let's get the latest from julie wright who is doing what julie wright does. julie. >> very busy as you can expect, tucker. i mean you are waking up either without power or you are waking up to flooded streets, storm damage, trees down, lights out, that sort of thing. that is the kind of day it is out here on the roads. virginia, haven't forgotten about you. here we go. woodburn, south of gallows road for flooding here. we have reports of a tree down along the northbound side of the gw...
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. >> let's check in with julie wright. get the latest on traffic. not been fun so far. >> absolutely not. big tie ups northbound on i-95. this occurred at mile marker 138 north of 17 near the stafford airport. heavy wall-to-wall traffic northbound on i-95 trying to make your way through stafford and up to the center point parkway. over on route 1, it is just as slow if not worse because there are certain stretches of route 1 where the speed limit has been dropped to 35 miles per hour. i have agot wall-to-wall traffic there. a lot of you guys trying to bail out over there. so not an easy commute this morning northbound on i-95. it doesn't get better. northbound i-95, the crash here north of backlick road now cleared. this delay extends from route one up to the franconia springfield parkway. of a he got delays for those constretch of the beltway. we've got dent activity to report for those coming inbound out of laurel. heads up southbound on the baltimore-washington parkway. the accident reported at 197. already, we find delays forming near 198. that'
. >> let's check in with julie wright. get the latest on traffic. not been fun so far. >> absolutely not. big tie ups northbound on i-95. this occurred at mile marker 138 north of 17 near the stafford airport. heavy wall-to-wall traffic northbound on i-95 trying to make your way through stafford and up to the center point parkway. over on route 1, it is just as slow if not worse because there are certain stretches of route 1 where the speed limit has been dropped to 35 miles per...
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julie wright, i'm dishing it up just for you. >> thank you. man, can you stick around for as long as you want, gwen. on the roads, waking up to wet pavement. road spray kicking up in your face. and a little bit of fog so some poor visibility as well. allow extra time out here on the roads. no overnight construction to deal with as you continue east of business 234 headed in towards fair oaks. traffic volume very light between the anacostia bridges downtown. looks good in hyattedtown. you will encounter a light shower as you continue south out of rockville headed out towards the beltway. beltway is looking good each way between new hampshire avenue and 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> we are monitoring metro this morning. and those controversial signs that started popping up at several metro stops, the ads refer to radical muslims as savages. maureen umeh has the story. >> reporter: the signs began going up just before noon monday. two independent contractors carefully putting up just one poster in each of fo
julie wright, i'm dishing it up just for you. >> thank you. man, can you stick around for as long as you want, gwen. on the roads, waking up to wet pavement. road spray kicking up in your face. and a little bit of fog so some poor visibility as well. allow extra time out here on the roads. no overnight construction to deal with as you continue east of business 234 headed in towards fair oaks. traffic volume very light between the anacostia bridges downtown. looks good in hyattedtown. you...
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julie wright, i know you're bundling up. >> absolutely. it is very cold for me. on the roads, you will find your lanes are open around the capital beltway. the lanes are open between college park and 270. overnight roadwork was along the gw parkway northbound at spout run. 395 across the 14th street bridge, traffic flowing freely to the southeast-southwest freeway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> so far, last week's presidential debate has proven to give sesame street's big bird a lot of attention after mitt romney stated he would cut funding to pbs to help lower the deficit adding that he likedded the sesame street character but not at such a steep price. >> how did you find on the your name had been mentioned in the debate. >> i got a million tweets. >> so you're on twitter. no, i'm a bird. tweeting is how we talk. >> big bird kept it clean saturday night adding that he didn't want to ruffle any feathers. i imagine he could keep it clean. he has an image to uphold. >> big bird is all about kids. >>> coming up, speaking of politics, the politic
julie wright, i know you're bundling up. >> absolutely. it is very cold for me. on the roads, you will find your lanes are open around the capital beltway. the lanes are open between college park and 270. overnight roadwork was along the gw parkway northbound at spout run. 395 across the 14th street bridge, traffic flowing freely to the southeast-southwest freeway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> so far, last week's presidential debate has proven to give sesame...
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let's do some traffic and get the latest from julie wright. she has all things traffic and pumpkin related. >> wisdom wanted to seat pumpkin so quickly i sent over a picture of the pumpkin. here is my picture of my pumpkin. >> that is a cute pumpkin. >> that is a little one. it was really sunny out there on saturday. we had a blast. if you get a chance to take the kids out on butler's. we got to play with the pigs too much there are pigs and goats and chickens. just like being at home. hayrides and the slide and the apple cider. a lot of fun out there. sarah, you would love it too. >> i was at shenandoah. we were both outdoorsy this weekend. >> see? it was fun. i think we're starting off kind of light. we are easing into our monday drive. here we are live on the beltway at colesville road. traffic running smoothly between college park and bethesda. northbound i-95, one of the slowest stretches i'm finding so far this morning. eastbound 66, no trouble spots right now. fair oaks to 123. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic.
let's do some traffic and get the latest from julie wright. she has all things traffic and pumpkin related. >> wisdom wanted to seat pumpkin so quickly i sent over a picture of the pumpkin. here is my picture of my pumpkin. >> that is a cute pumpkin. >> that is a little one. it was really sunny out there on saturday. we had a blast. if you get a chance to take the kids out on butler's. we got to play with the pigs too much there are pigs and goats and chickens. just like being...
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it is indeed reading, and wrighting and nutrition when it comes here to centro nia and dc public, by lingual public charter school. where the lesson plan includes eating healthy and it is part of what is called farm to school month and celebrating and seeing the difference it is really making, not only in the young people's lives but in their whole family's lives. we will talk about it live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. are you ready ? share everything by turning your smartphone into a mobile hotspot for up to 8 wifi-enabled devices at no extra charge. like the new droid razr m by motorola only $99.99. [ female announcer ] he says... president obama and i both care about poor and middle-class families. [ female announcer ] but this is what the budget plan mitt romney supports actually does. more huge tax breaks skewed to the wealthy. while cutting nearly eight hundred billion from medicaid... even though middle-class families rely on medicaid to help loved ones cover nursing-home care. and it helps parents support children with disabilities. if mitt rom
it is indeed reading, and wrighting and nutrition when it comes here to centro nia and dc public, by lingual public charter school. where the lesson plan includes eating healthy and it is part of what is called farm to school month and celebrating and seeing the difference it is really making, not only in the young people's lives but in their whole family's lives. we will talk about it live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. are you ready ? share everything by turning...
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julie wright will have a look at your traffic. i'll have a look at your weather coming up in just a couple of short minutes. [ may ] el centro is located in the east end of houston. our basic services are healthcare. we have been driven by the needs of the community. what is it that they can't access? and then how can we provide access to those services? ge came in with the tools and the skills to make it even better. ♪ [ may ] because of the ge foundation, we've been able to see 2,000 more patients. that's 2,000 opportunities to make people better. >>> mission control says it will have to move the international space station to a different orbit in order to avoid debris. they will move the station beginning tomorrow morning and the move will avoid any possible collisions with the debris. nasa believes there are more than 20,000 debris fragments in the orbit. i didn't know it was that bad. >> we've got trash down here, adrienne washington up there. >> i wonder does it ever fall. >> most of it burns up before it can ever reach th
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let's turn our attention to julie wright. she will tell us how the early morning commute is going. >> i just said is that the giggle of one tony perkins. >> believe it or not. >> how did they get you in here this early in the morning. >> they ordered me to come in. it's their right. >> it is good to see you early this morning. on the roads, we're busy already. one car off the road into the woods is what we're told on southbound i-95 approaching 198. we have reports that one car is off the road into the woods. southbound 95 looking great as an alternate. no problems to report coming in out of laurel towards the capital beltway. northbound on the george washington parkway, heads up head north from the key bridge. other side of town, you will find 395 in great shape. you will find that your lanes are open if you are continuing southbound along 270 this morning working your way in from 109. no incidents continuing out past clarkburg in germantown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >>> a couple of weeks fr
let's turn our attention to julie wright. she will tell us how the early morning commute is going. >> i just said is that the giggle of one tony perkins. >> believe it or not. >> how did they get you in here this early in the morning. >> they ordered me to come in. it's their right. >> it is good to see you early this morning. on the roads, we're busy already. one car off the road into the woods is what we're told on southbound i-95 approaching 198. we have reports...
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i love it. >> let's check in with julie wright and get the latest on traffic. >> oh! >> what? >> she was yawning. >> i just want to say i don't do that when dave ross is on the set. i'm just letting you go. >> oh! >> you guys -- the guys are above the accident at liberia. accident activity still in place. stay single file to the left to get by. follow me inside if you will. we have delays 450 at the bw parkway due to accident activity. inbound 50 below speed leaving 410 headed in towards riverdale and cheverly. northbound baltimore-washington parkway checking for accident activity here at greenbelt road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> still ahead on fox 5 morning news, it is one of the best times for family fun. >> holly is live in durwood, maryland as they have the 22nd annual harvest festival. she will show us how it promises to give visitors a taste of the farm life. a little bit of fog mixed in there as well. we'll be right back. leer [ male announcer ] for the dreamers... and those well grounded. for what's around this corne
i love it. >> let's check in with julie wright and get the latest on traffic. >> oh! >> what? >> she was yawning. >> i just want to say i don't do that when dave ross is on the set. i'm just letting you go. >> oh! >> you guys -- the guys are above the accident at liberia. accident activity still in place. stay single file to the left to get by. follow me inside if you will. we have delays 450 at the bw parkway due to accident activity. inbound 50 below...
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julie wright has your traffic when we return. it's 7:09. it's 7:09. >>> making headlines, a battle is being waged in the lower 9th ward of new orleans. the city passed an ordinance back in 2006 banning tour buses from bringing people in to see the damage left behind by hurricane katrina. now, it wasn't being enforced until recently when residents started complaining about buses blocking streets and damaging roadways. but bus operators maintain that they and the city are losing tourism dollars. the city council is expected to take up the issue tomorrow to find some sort of compromise. tony. >>> researchers at the university of virginia and west virginia university say they will look into whether social media can help identify drug side effects more quickly. the team will read through thousands of posts on twitter, facebook and other sites to search for early warning signs of bad drug reactions. they say this could potentially save lives and money and modernize the way drug reactions are looked at. >> who would ever t you know, that social me
julie wright has your traffic when we return. it's 7:09. it's 7:09. >>> making headlines, a battle is being waged in the lower 9th ward of new orleans. the city passed an ordinance back in 2006 banning tour buses from bringing people in to see the damage left behind by hurricane katrina. now, it wasn't being enforced until recently when residents started complaining about buses blocking streets and damaging roadways. but bus operators maintain that they and the city are losing tourism...
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julie wright will have your getting around traffic coming up right after the break. alright let's break it down. mom, pop it. ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches. t-minus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. let the making begin. ♪ too bad the guys aren't here we're clear. ok, swarm! swarm! hello [ female announcer ] pillsbury chocolate chip cookies. let the making begin on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ >>> live look at 270 there in maryland right now. not as bad as it was out there yesterday. folk were dealing with some water out there on the roadways. it looks for the most part to be okay to travel out there this morning. we'll check i
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that is the weekend forecast and that is for our julie wright. julie, i know you like the temperatures. i know you would like about an 84-degree day. i'm doing what i can. >> when you said that is for wisdom. i'm like for wisdom? >> i saved the best for you. >> thank you, i appreciate it. you see that, wisdom? on the roads, waking up to wet pavement, a little bit of road spray. we have to asp -- we have to watch our speeds out here on the roadway. we had the crash eastbound 66 at glebe road. they've already moved that over to the shoulder. our lanes are open once again. you'll find northbound i-95 picking up volume. nothing like yesterday. yesterday was smooth sailing all morning long. not the case this morning. already starting to see some slow downs headed up towards the occoquan. 395 is in good shape continuing from duke street out to the 14th street bridge. southbound 270, volume increasing here as well as you work your way headed out to the truck scales that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> could you live on $30 a w
that is the weekend forecast and that is for our julie wright. julie, i know you like the temperatures. i know you would like about an 84-degree day. i'm doing what i can. >> when you said that is for wisdom. i'm like for wisdom? >> i saved the best for you. >> thank you, i appreciate it. you see that, wisdom? on the roads, waking up to wet pavement, a little bit of road spray. we have to asp -- we have to watch our speeds out here on the roadway. we had the crash eastbound 66...
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on the -- time to say hello to julie wright. >> good morning. we are anticipating lighter than normal traffic volumes because it's holiday. lanes are open in each direction eastbound along 66 coming inbound from fair oaks towards 123. traffic volume moving at speed between annandale and merrifield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> prince george's county police say an officer shot a man armed with a knife around 7:00 last newt on 55th avenue in bladensburg. investigators say he refused to put the weapon down and went after the officers. suspect is expected to survive. the officer was not hurt. >>> fairfax county police continue to look for clues into an apparent homicide in alexandria. 30-year-old mark ives was found dead outside a home early sunday in the 5400 block of broadmoor street. investigators believe he was assaultedded by someone he knew and police are currently looking for that person. >>> another search is set today for a missing teenager from northern virginia. 17-year-old brian glen was last seen dropping his younge
on the -- time to say hello to julie wright. >> good morning. we are anticipating lighter than normal traffic volumes because it's holiday. lanes are open in each direction eastbound along 66 coming inbound from fair oaks towards 123. traffic volume moving at speed between annandale and merrifield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> prince george's county police say an officer shot a man armed with a knife around 7:00 last newt on 55th avenue in bladensburg....
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i hope jew lee wriekt will still -- wright will still top me. >> all right. on the roads lanes are open on southbound 270 coming in from germantown. we had construction on tinner loop of the beltway. that has cleared. out ere loop looks pretty good headed from college park to 270. continuing southbound headed out toward the lane divide no trouble spots to report at this time. traffic flowing freely to and from georgia headed over towards i-95. in virginia lanes are now open if you're traveling on 66 coming inbound this morning. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> all right. thanks. well, we have an update now on a major fixture to the martin luther king jr. memorial. the national park service says it's in close talks with the sculptor who made the memorial. it's all part of a movement to amend the quote. the abbreviated quote doesn't accurately reflect king's words but some have raised the concern that changing the quote may change the monument's design. >>> coming um next, some blasts from the past making a comeback. we'll show you what's hot t
i hope jew lee wriekt will still -- wright will still top me. >> all right. on the roads lanes are open on southbound 270 coming in from germantown. we had construction on tinner loop of the beltway. that has cleared. out ere loop looks pretty good headed from college park to 270. continuing southbound headed out toward the lane divide no trouble spots to report at this time. traffic flowing freely to and from georgia headed over towards i-95. in virginia lanes are now open if you're...
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julie wright has the latest on your traffic this morning. >> well, freaky friday, maybe. you never know. it is heap or close to it. right now on the roads, you will find your lanes are open. no incidents reported right now continuing northbound on 395. this is a smooth commute so far as you travel northbound in the main line and the hovs continuing out towards the 14th street bridge. we do have all four lanes maintained on the beltway outer loop traveling between college park and university boulevard where they had the roadwork set up for quite some time now. the inner loop, that is a different story. coming across the inbound 14th street bridge, an easy drive headed for the southeast- southwest freeway. gw parkway looks good coming south from the beltway continuing out to the key bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> a major change for the personal computer. coming up next, the most dramatic overhaul of microsoft windows in nearly two decades. >> we'll show you the new windows 8 and look at how it plans to compete with the gro
julie wright has the latest on your traffic this morning. >> well, freaky friday, maybe. you never know. it is heap or close to it. right now on the roads, you will find your lanes are open. no incidents reported right now continuing northbound on 395. this is a smooth commute so far as you travel northbound in the main line and the hovs continuing out towards the 14th street bridge. we do have all four lanes maintained on the beltway outer loop traveling between college park and...
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julie wright, how you doing today? >> i could be a little warmer. that would be nice. just like you wake up one morning and you're buried under the covers. you don't want to get up. the dog is like really? lighter than usual traffic volume around town because of the holiday. 395 in good shape. no problems crossing over the inbound 14th street bridge. we do have delays if you are continuing across the top stretch of the beltway approaching university boulevard. here we are live southbound 2 # 0 coming in out of hyattstown. -- southbound 270 coming in out of hyattstown. it is slow approaching university. southbound 95, 295 still quiet coming in from bwi marshall to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >>> controversial signs that refer to radical muslims as savages are going up in several metro stops today. >> i group filed a lawsuit after metro officials wanted to delay putting them up. melanie alnwick is live at the u street station with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. lawyers for d.c.'s transit system told the judge that the
julie wright, how you doing today? >> i could be a little warmer. that would be nice. just like you wake up one morning and you're buried under the covers. you don't want to get up. the dog is like really? lighter than usual traffic volume around town because of the holiday. 395 in good shape. no problems crossing over the inbound 14th street bridge. we do have delays if you are continuing across the top stretch of the beltway approaching university boulevard. here we are live southbound...
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julie wright, how is traffic? >> busy. i mean yesterday was the holiday. today, we are back in the swing of it. the crew in sky fox joining us no for the accident activity tying up your commute along 236 at annandale road inside the beltway at hummer drive. this is where you will fine the accident involving the overturned vehicle tying up the commute along the westbound side of the highway. that is where we had some traffic that was able to squeeze by to the left. eastbound side of the roadway was squeezing by to the right. tow truck is on the scene retrieving the accident vehicle. if you are coming southbound along annandale road, can you not cross over 236 at this time. westbound, coming from the right to the left side of your screen, stay to the left to get by. eastbound looks like they've opened up all lanes right now headed in towards d.c. thank you, chopper brad. taking it back inside so we can update your ride elsewhere. lanes are open. the pace is slowing 50 to 123 again. southbound # 70, not too bad here in germantown. -- southbound 270. that's a
julie wright, how is traffic? >> busy. i mean yesterday was the holiday. today, we are back in the swing of it. the crew in sky fox joining us no for the accident activity tying up your commute along 236 at annandale road inside the beltway at hummer drive. this is where you will fine the accident involving the overturned vehicle tying up the commute along the westbound side of the highway. that is where we had some traffic that was able to squeeze by to the left. eastbound side of the...
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i know a lot of people are happy to hear that, especially julie wright. >> you got that right. i am not ready for wet pavement and cold weather and slick roads. on the highway this morning it's very much a slow ride continuing along shady grove road to the icc. accident activity, squeezing everybody to the left to get by. out to old georgetown road, over an hour and a half ride, and that's with lanes open. we were checking for the crash near father hurley boulevard. it's been moved to the shoulder. delays inbound pennsylvania avenue. eastbound 66 coming out of gainesville, heavy slow and steady into the beltway. over an hour drive. no accidents, just traffic. heavy from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> thanks. it's your turn, sore. >> it's okay. fans are lining up for their tickets. >> today at 10:00 a.m., tickets go on sale. first, the nats need to wake up the bats and their pitching needs to shake of the playoff jitters. dave ross is here with a look at yesterday's loss to st. louis. is it playoff jitters? even in the g
i know a lot of people are happy to hear that, especially julie wright. >> you got that right. i am not ready for wet pavement and cold weather and slick roads. on the highway this morning it's very much a slow ride continuing along shady grove road to the icc. accident activity, squeezing everybody to the left to get by. out to old georgetown road, over an hour and a half ride, and that's with lanes open. we were checking for the crash near father hurley boulevard. it's been moved to the...
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. >> julie wright joining us now. i don't use the word bonanza very often but i think it might be. >> i might have to steal that. i like it. on the roads, you will find we are quite busy. we are dealing with eastbound 66 coming inbound approaching 50 fair oaks. we had an accident along the left side of the roadway. heads up working your way inbound leaving centreville headed in towards the accident scene. we have delays northbound along i-95 headed up into newington. lanes are open once again. traffic dim slowing out from aquia harbor continuing northbound up towards quantico and making your exit out of dale city. the crash we had eastbound or inbound on new york avenue approaching bladensburg road has cleared. no longer is the left lane block bud traffic still a little heavy working your way through the traffic lights leaving northeast to northwest. southbound 270 below speed before and after 109 with lanes open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >>> tomorrow, it will be just two weeks until
. >> julie wright joining us now. i don't use the word bonanza very often but i think it might be. >> i might have to steal that. i like it. on the roads, you will find we are quite busy. we are dealing with eastbound 66 coming inbound approaching 50 fair oaks. we had an accident along the left side of the roadway. heads up working your way inbound leaving centreville headed in towards the accident scene. we have delays northbound along i-95 headed up into newington. lanes are open...
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. >> let's check in with julie wright. he is trying to take up the whole hour. we're notoing to let that happen. >> i was walking last, i thought oh, well, i guess it is time to do traffic. i was like wow, that was short weather. on the roads, we are dealing with an accident that remains under investigation and will be for some time now. john mar drive blocked off in each direction at backlick road until further notice. 395 not a bad trip at all. lanes are open past duke street and out to the 14th street bridge. both the express lanes and main line, traffic running smoothly out to the potomac. southbound 270, no problems to report coming in out of germantown a an easy trip headed through gaithersburg back out towards rockville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> the big story this morning, a major shake-up in the re- election campaign of virginia congressman jim moran. >> his son patrick who is also his field director has resigned after he was caught on tape discussing a voter fraud scheme. melanie alnwick is in the newsroom with more.
. >> let's check in with julie wright. he is trying to take up the whole hour. we're notoing to let that happen. >> i was walking last, i thought oh, well, i guess it is time to do traffic. i was like wow, that was short weather. on the roads, we are dealing with an accident that remains under investigation and will be for some time now. john mar drive blocked off in each direction at backlick road until further notice. 395 not a bad trip at all. lanes are open past duke street and...
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. >>> time now to hit the roads with julie wright. she is giving us the information on our morning commute. >> be careful. they might hit back. you never know. single tracking between van ness and dupont circle. they are single tracking because of a track problem outside of woodley park. allow additional time to the red line this morning on metro. i've got accident activity loi dale road north of newington road. miss are on the scene directing you buy. occoquan at route one for the latest accident and northbound i-95 well below speed leaving route 3 continuing out towards 630, courthouse road. almost a 20 hint ride northbound alone on i-95. wet pavement to accompany this commute southbound 270. the pace improves only to slow again approaching 124 in gaithersburg. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >>> the big story this morning, d.c. sports fans have reason to celebrate. the nats won the nl east. >> is in the team's first title since moving to d.c. eight years ago. fox 5's dave ross is live outside nats park,
. >>> time now to hit the roads with julie wright. she is giving us the information on our morning commute. >> be careful. they might hit back. you never know. single tracking between van ness and dupont circle. they are single tracking because of a track problem outside of woodley park. allow additional time to the red line this morning on metro. i've got accident activity loi dale road north of newington road. miss are on the scene directing you buy. occoquan at route one for...
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let's do some traffic and get the latest from julie wright. >> good morning to you, mr. giggles. >> sorry. >> something funny was happening behind the scenes here. >> isn't it always? >> all right. we are starting off on a sour note this morning. the crew in sky fox, welcome back. hopefully you're warm up there. we do have problems to report outer loop of the beltway just before new hampshire avenue. that is where we had the accident activity with only the left leap getting by. that has been some improvement. the roadway was shut down but now single file to the left will get you by. delays on the outer loop approaching that rigs road overpass beginning back here i- 95 college park headed westbound around 495. let's take it inside. we'll map out other problems for you at this time. the accident we had before the beltway has cleared. 175 at gambrell, shut down. still have our hands full for our friends traveling out of southern maryland if you will coming out of la plata and charles county. flooding continues to block 227 between marshal corner road and livingston road. al
let's do some traffic and get the latest from julie wright. >> good morning to you, mr. giggles. >> sorry. >> something funny was happening behind the scenes here. >> isn't it always? >> all right. we are starting off on a sour note this morning. the crew in sky fox, welcome back. hopefully you're warm up there. we do have problems to report outer loop of the beltway just before new hampshire avenue. that is where we had the accident activity with only the left...